WordSmith

“Welcome to the Ivory Quill, let me know if there is anything I can help you find.”

With that greeting, Seshat, the store owner, left me to browse her antique letter shop. I’m in the word business, and I needed a new supply of serifs, calligraphs, blocks and gothics.

There aren’t many of us WordSmiths left. Technology has pretty much made our profession obsolete. Why have a word you can hold in your hands, feeling each curve and slate, when it can be sent directly into your Parietal lobe?

I love my iPad, iPhone etc but I do like a book. I am just about to settle down to start a new one, cup of tea in hand, a couple of biscuits and my book – I’m all set for the next several hours. PS I particularly like the heading of this one – Wordsmith now there’s a word to play with.

I love to settle down with a cup of coffee, pack of biscuits and a good book. Reading from a screen is not the same. I also like to write letters, the old fashioned ones you send in the post. Sadly, apart from bills, no-one writes to me.

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